Hand #48: Dana Castaneda opened for 90,000 and was able to take down the blinds and antes without a fight.
Hand #49: Barry Hutter opened to 90,000. Action folded to Matthias Bednarek in the big who jammed all in. Hutter quickly let his hand go and Bednarek scooped the pot.
Hand #50: Jason Bigelow opened the pot for 80,000. When action got to Michael Zucchet he reraised to 200,000. Bigelow called the raise and the two took a flop of . On that flop Bigelow shoved all in and Zucchet folded his face up.
Hand #51: On the button Matthias Bednarek raised to 80,000. Both blinds folded and Bednarek took down the pot.
Hand #52: From the button Phillip Clerc raised and that was good enough to collect the blinds and antes.
Hand #53: Dana Castaneda raised to 90,000, and Barry Hutter three-bet to 225,000. Castaneda folded and Hutter took the pot.
Hand #54: Philippe Clerc raised to 80,000, and Michael Zucchet pushed all in for 600,000 from the big blind. Clerc called, and the players turned up their hands:
Clerc:
Zucchet:
The flop came , offering no help to Zucchet. Without even a backdoor draw, Zucchet would need either a king or running eights to win the pot. The turn was the , eliminating Zucchet's runner-runner outs. The river was the giving Zucchet a winning pair of kings and the pot. Zucchet doulbed up and now sits with 1,250,000 in front of him.
Hand #55: On the button Jason Bigelow raised to 100,000 from the button. Everyone folded and he collected the antes and blinds.
Hand #56: Matthias Bednarek raised from the small blind and took down the pot when Philippe Clerc folded his big blind for 60,000 more.
Hand #57: After a button raise from Matthias Bednarked, Phillipe Clerc moved all in from the small blind. With action back on Bednarek he folded and Clerc was awarded the pot.
Hand #58: Dana Castaneda raised to 100,000 from the small blind. From the big blind Barry Hutter reraised to 300,000. Back on Castaneda, she called to see a flop. The flop came down and Castaneda led for 400,000. Hutter moved all in over the top of the raise for 1,205,000. Castaneda tanked for about three minutes before finally making the call.
Castaneda:
Hutter:
Castaneda made a great call and was well ahead in the hand, but she still needed to dodge and or to win the hand. The on the turn was safe for Castaneda, as was the river which improved her to a full house. With that elimination, Castaneda vaulted herself well into the chip lead by eliminating the wire to wire chip leader from days 1 and 2.
Hand #59: Philippe Clerc Raised to 80,000, and Michael Zucchet called from the big blind. The players saw the flop heads up, and the dealer spread . Zucchet checked, and Clerc bet 100,000. Zucchet called, and the dealer turned the . Zucchet checked again, and Clerc bet again, this time for 180,000. Zucchet announced an all-in raise for 1,025,000. Clerc would be at risk if he called, and he went into the tank. After a couple minutes, he called, and the players turned up their cards:
Clerc
Zucchet:
Clerc had a pair of jacks and an open-ended straight draw, while Zucchet had an overpair. The river was the , a complete brick. Zucchet won the pot, knocking Clerc out of the tournament. He earns $105,007 for his fifth place finish.
Hand #60: Jason Bigelow took down the pot with a raise to 100,000.
Hand #61: Matthias Bednarek took down the pot with a raise from the small blind.
Hand #62: Under the gun, Michael Zucchet raised to 100,000. From the small blind, Dana Castaneda reraised to 260,000 when action was folded to her. Bigelow folded his big blind, and Zucchet folded as well, giving up his raise and the blinds tand antes to Castaneda.
Hand #63: Bednarek opened with a raise to 80,000 from under the gun. Zucchet was the only caller from the big blind. On the flop, Zucchet led with a bet of 75,000. Bednarek thought briefly before folding his hand.
Hand #64: Matthias Bednarek received a walk in the big blind.
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Hand #65: Matthias Bednarek limped from the small blind, and Dana Castaneda raised to 80,000 from the big blind. Bednarek called, and the flop came . Bednarek checked, Castaneda bet 65,000, and Bednarek check-raised to 165,000. Castaneda then re-raised all in. Bednarek thought for a few moments before calling:
Castaneda:
Bednarek:
Castaneda was ahead with her pocket aces, but Bednarek gained a lot of outs when the fell on the turn. Any seven, eight, nine, or diamond would win the pot for him. The river was the , giving Bednarek trips and the pot. He doubled up to 840,000 on the hand.
Hand #66: Matthias Bednarek raised to 100,000 from the button and received calls from Dana Castaneda in the small blind and Jason Bigelow in the big blind.
The flop came down . Castaneda and Bigelow checked to Bednarek who fired 110,000. Castaneda folded, but Bigelow called and the two men saw the on the turn. On that turn both players checked. The river was the . Both players checked again. Bednarek showed his and his two pair was good to take down the pot.
Hand #67: Bednarek raised to 100,000 from under the gun and that was good enough to take down the blinds and antes.
Hand #68: Jason Bigelow raised to 100,000 from the button and he was able to take down the blinds and the antes with that raise.
Hand #69: From the small blind Bednarek raised to 100,000. Castaneda called. On the flop Bednarek led out for 120,000. Castaneda reraised to 365,000 and that was good enough to get Bednarek to fold.
Hand #70: From under the gun Michael Zucchet raised to 100,000 and he was able to win the antes and blinds without a contest.
Hand #71: Dana Castaneda raised to 125,000 and won the blinds and antes.
Hand #72: Jason Bigelow raised to 105,000 from the button, and Matthias Bednarek called from the big blind. The flop came . Bednarek checked, and Bigelow bet 150,000. Bednarek called, and the came on the turn. Both players checked, and the fell on the river. Both players checked again, and we saw a showdown.
Bednarek:
Bigelow:
Neither player held a club, and Bednarek won the pot with his pair of jacks and ten kicker.
Hand #73: Jason Bigelow raised to 100,000 under the gun, and all three other players called. The flop was , and all four players checked. The dealer turned the , and Matthias Bednarek led out for 160,000. Only Dana Castaneda called. The river was the , and Bednarek checked. Castaneda bet 360,000, and Bednarek folded, yielding the pot to Castaneda.
Hand #74: Dana Castaneda raised to 175,000 from the small blind and won the pot.
Hand #75: Matthias Bednarek raised to 125,000, and Jason Bigelow three-bet to 300,000. Everyone else folded, and Bigelow won the pot
. On that flop Bigelow shoved all in and Zucchet folded his 
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, offering no help to Zucchet. Without even a backdoor draw, Zucchet would need either a king or running eights to win the pot. The turn was the 
, eliminating Zucchet's runner-runner outs. The river was the 
and Castaneda led for 400,000. Hutter moved all in over the top of the raise for 1,205,000. Castaneda tanked for about three minutes before finally making the call.
or 
to win the hand. The 
on the turn was safe for Castaneda, as was the 
river which improved her to a full house. With that elimination, Castaneda vaulted herself well into the chip lead by eliminating the wire to wire chip leader from days 1 and 2.
. Zucchet checked, and Clerc bet 100,000. Zucchet called, and the dealer turned the 
. Bednarek checked, Castaneda bet 65,000, and Bednarek check-raised to 165,000. Castaneda then re-raised all in. Bednarek thought for a few moments before calling:
fell on the turn. Any seven, eight, nine, or diamond would win the pot for him. The river was the 
, giving Bednarek trips and the pot. He doubled up to 840,000 on the hand.
. Castaneda and Bigelow checked to Bednarek who fired 110,000. Castaneda folded, but Bigelow called and the two men saw the 
on the turn. On that turn both players checked. The river was the 
, and Bednarek checked. Castaneda bet 360,000, and Bednarek folded, yielding the pot to Castaneda.